WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1813
Find out what all happened June to December 1813

James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!" (1. June 1813)

First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. (30. August 1813)

War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland). (26. August 1813)

At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial. (31. August 1813)

War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force two times its size under William Winder and John Chandler. (6. June 1813)

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate. (19. August 1813)

The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig. (16. October 1813)

Creek War – Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama. (30. August 1813)

War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. (22. June 1813)

Premier of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. (8. December 1813)

War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm – British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign. (11. November 1813)

Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla. (30. September 1813)

The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats. (19. October 1813)

Peninsular War: Battle of Victoria. (21. June 1813)

Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British and kill Shawnee leader Tecumseh. (5. October 1813)

British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812. (30. December 1813)

The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria. (8. October 1813)

French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. (27. August 1813)

Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army. (24. June 1813)

War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay. (26. October 1813)